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Our top story. the white house confirmed this morning the death of hamza bin laden. there had been reports about his death for weeks, about six weeks, plus. do we know why the white house chose to announce it this morning? >> reporter: arresarthel, we do. the white house released a brief statement. there had been speculation about hamza bin ladens death for the last several weeks. the white house didnt make it sure what led to their decision to announce it. hamza bin ladens death has been specul...

Dorian. but does the president have any reservations about his decision to move that disaster relief funding? >> to hear him tell it, no. earlier the president was having a closed briefing from dhs officials, coast guard officials. at some point, the president saw fit to open that meeting up to reporters. so the white house pool of reporters was ushered into the room. the president made a brief statement and he was asked directly whether or not he had any concerns about diverting that fema fundi...

Breaking news in philadelphia tonight, where six police officers have been shot in a standoff with a gunman who is now holed up inside a house. police still describe the situation as active and ongoing, and officers are attempting to negotiate the gunmans surrender. >> the critical thing to tell you that i did not tell you, because i have some situations im worried about, potential hostage situation so, we are to get those resolved, all right? >> here with me aaron baskerville who is in philadel...

General hyten rated her the top in her review. but he will be able to publicly explain his side of the story at the hearing tuesday. >> okay, martha, thank you. a st. louis family is celebrating tonight. their son trying to visit every country in the world has been freed from captivity in syria. sam goodwin entered syria without permission two months ago and was taken into custody by syrian forces. in a brief statement, his family thanked the head of lebanons internal security for work to get ...

But this really is, to jackies point, the first time that the american public is hearing directly from the man who oversaw the investigation over the course of two years. its also important for democrats because the last time, the one and only time mueller faced cameras and gave a brief statement reiterating the principal findings of the report, thats when you saw a flurry of activity in terms of democrats coming out in favor of a formal impeachment inquiry. its different to actually have him re...

On wednesday. i think we get the president in his most candid when he leaves the white house and talks to press before he against on marine one. he has been tweeting this morning. heres what he is saying. he is saying highly conflicted robert mueller should not be given another bite at the apple. they have done nothing but waste time on this ridiculous witch-hunt. the results of the mueller report, no collusion, no obstruction. he has been somewhat inconsistent on robert mueller. when the report...

High crimes and misdemeanors and we have to let mueller present the facts to the american people and see where we go from there. we hope it wont be one and done and were going to ask specific questions about look at page 344 paragraph 2, please read it. does that describe objection of justice and did you find that the president did that, for example? >> is this a pervasive fear, that indeed, as you said, the fear that it could end up being a dud? what would the implications of that be? >> well, ...

Interference activities. on obstruction, mueller says he did not set out to indict the president because of his belief that doing so would go against doj guidelines but did list the obstruction in detail in the report. any action could be taken up by the congress while the president is in office or by the courts after his term is complete. catherine herridge reporting live. so a delay in the testimony, huh? >> shep, earlier today multiple forces told fox news that his testimony would likely be p...

At least fully thought that he would be spending the time in jail. thats what we mean by someone going to jail. >> senator linda contrayez if i can get a brief statement in spanish, i would appreciate it. >> if you ask me a question in spanish, i will answer in spanish, is that fair? >> i was trying to get a brief statement so i can go over with what everyone already said. >>. [ speaking in foreign language ]

Is entirely appropriate. when we entered into this, we -- i at least -- fully thought that he would be spending the time in jail. thats what we mean by someone going to jail. >> secretary, glenn. if i can get a brief statement in spanish, i would really appreciate it. >> ill tell you what. if you answer -- if you ask me a question in spanish, i will answer in spanish. is that fair? >> i was trying to get a brief statement, i mean, so that i could go over with what everyone already says. >> [ spe...